Float-gage.



PaudJan. 10, 1911.

f By @n4/uf 7 f4 ATTORNEYS designed'for the gasolene tanks ofautomo- Vit .tainin @NEED STATES rari i;

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FREEMAN L. LANDER, 0F BANGOR, MANE.

y FLOAT-GAGE.

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and Improved Float-Gage, of'which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The invention is an improvementtin gages for determining lthe amount vof li uid remaining within a tank, and is partlcularly biles. A Y 'The invention has in view a gagel of this character which. will indicate the .amount of gasolene or'other liquid available, with approximate accuracy, and which will not be deranged 'or disorderedv b the 'swaying and bouncmg of the automo ile, vas when the latter is in motion. l

Reference is to be had to the accdmpanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views. l Figure 1 is a vertical section of my, improved loat gage as applied to a gasolene tank 5 and Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. My improved gage is suitable for any liquid-carrying tank, particularly an auto`l mobile gasolene tank 5, and comprises a float well 6, a gage arm 7,-a float 8 and a gage 9. The well 6 is suitably laced in communication with the tank, pre erably by arranging the well within the tank, as shown, the well extending to the bottom of thetank, where it is provided with a number of liquid inlet openings 10, and at points thereabove near the top" of the tank with .openings 11, which lpermit of the escape of the air from the well whenthe tank-1s being filled, and thus prevent the well from bemg air bound.

The arm 7- extends upwardly fromthe top of the well, and at one side near its upper end is provfded with an opening 12 covered with ass or other transparent lIi'laterial throng which the gage 9 is readable.` Between the side of the tubular ga e arm ,con-i the opening `1.2, and e oppositeI side o this arm, extends for substantially\ 'the full length of the. arm, a partition 13,

the partition at the top terminating short of the top of the gilge arm, where the latter is provided with a eave 14,.A over whichfthe Specification of Letters` Patent.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911,

l Application led .Tune 14, 1910. Seria1-No. 566,782.

gage 9 travels, the'gage being in the nature of a tape or like flexible gage member, suitably graduated for the tank to which the gage is to beapplied. The gage; is connected to the ioat 8 through the intermediary of a loop 15, ordinarily of wire,with the side wires or bars of which the loop is comprised, bearing against the roller 16 ar ranged 4immediately below the partition 13. The free end of the;- gage has\a weight 17 applied thereto, which is suiiiciently heavy to keep the tape under slight-tension and take up the slack of the tape when the float rlses.

The float 8 Alits within theiioat well to move therein with the rise and fall of the liquid level, withcomparative freedom, yet is incapable of striking the sides of the-well with any considerable force whenl the automobile is in motion, theweight of the ioat, together'with theloop 15, being sufficient to overcome the weight of the gage tape 9 and weight17, so that when the float is in its uppermost position it will readily fall with the liquid level as the latter drops in the tank. T e float well is ordinarily extended a slight distance above the top of the tank, as shown in the drawing figures, so that when the tank is full,the ioat will not be submerged. The

-sheave and roller 14- and 16 adapt the gage to move vwith the least possible friction so that the gage will indicate the amount of i liquid reinalning in the tank, with approximate accuracy, the reading being taken from an' index finger 18 .projectln in front of the tape-at the opening 12. Or inarily, the tape will be Graduated in allons, with the zero arranged to register with the index finger 18 ywhen the gasolene or other liquid lin the tank haslbeefn exhausted.

Having `thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a tank, a float well communicating with `the tank, a tubular gage arm extending upwardly from the well, having an opening,- the 'arm` having a vertical partition, rollers arranged above and below the partition, a fioatwithin the well, having a member extend'n upwardly therefrom andl b'earing on the ro ler below the artition, a ieX-ible Vtape graduated to 'in' lcate the amount of liquid within vthe tank, connected to saidmember and passing upwardly 'over the upper roller and readable through thel said opening,"and a weight applied tothe tapewithin the gage arm at the opposite side of the artition. v l 2. T e combination of a tank,'a f ioat well communicating with the tank and forming a permanent part thereof, a gage arm rela# tively small in cross-sectional area than the v `well and extending upwardly from the well and above the tank and having an opening, a float in the well, and a gage arranged in the arm above the well and readable through said opening, and means connecting thefioat `and gage.

one end of the gage in one of said passages,

and a weight vin the other of said passages connected to the other end of the gage.

4. In a gage for tanks, a ioat we l adapted to communicate with the tank, a gage arm extending upwardly from the well, a sheave arranged near thetop of the arm, a bearing roller arranged near the bottom of .the arm,

a flexible gage passing over the sheave, a

float movable in the Well, a relatively stiii:`

member attached to the oat and to one end of the gage and bearing on the said roller, and a weight connected tok/the opposite end of the gage.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREEMAN L. LANDER.

Witnesses:

GUY P. BAILEY, FRED B. GooDINE. 

